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Vulnerability record · CVE-2012-4000 · published 12 July 2012

CVE-2012-4000: Fckeditor cross-site scripting vulnerability

Ckeditor · Fckeditor

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the print_textinputs_var function in editor/dialog/fck_spellerpages/spellerpages/server-scripts/spellchecker.php in FCKeditor 2.6.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via textinputs array parameters.

4.3 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 4.3% · top 9.3% CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
4.3CVSS 2.0 base score
4.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the print_textinputs_var function in editor/dialog/fck_spellerpages/spellerpages/server-scripts/spellchecker.php in FCKeditor 2.6.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via textinputs array parameters.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://disse.cting.org/blog/2012/06/22/fckeditor-reflected-xss-vulnerability/ Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/49606 Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2522
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54188 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76604
http://disse.cting.org/blog/2012/06/22/fckeditor-reflected-xss-vulnerability/ Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/49606 Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2522
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54188 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76604

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2012-4000), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.